AAL Options History — February 2021

In February 2021, AAL traded between $16.64 and $21.82. ATM implied volatility averaged 69.8%, placing in the 12.0% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 20.0%. IV traded above realized volatility by 9.5% (HV 20d: 60.3%). Max pain ranged from $16.00 to $18.00. Net GEX was positive for 19 of 19 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 14 of 19 days. Put/call ratio averaged 0.41.

Notable Days

  • 2021-02-22: Highest Volume — 524,826 contracts
  • 2021-02-02: Largest IV drop — 13.0% change
  • 2021-02-01: Highest IV Rank — 18.6%
  • 2021-02-01: Largest Expected Move — 22.7%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$18.39$16.64$21.82$16.86$21.07
Max Pain$16.63$16.00$18.00$16.00$18.00
ATM IV69.8%63.2%80.9%80.9%70.6%
Expected Move20.0%18.3%22.7%22.7%19.8%
HV 20d60.3%56.5%66.5%58.8%59.9%
HV 60d57.4%54.1%64.7%64.5%54.7%
IV Rank12.0%3.9%18.6%18.6%3.9%
IV Percentile15.3%4.4%31.7%31.7%16.7%
Term Structure1.4%-3.5%13.4%1.0%3.1%
VWIV73.4%66.0%87.6%87.6%73.5%
Skew 25d-3.5%-11.8%4.0%-4.4%1.1%
Skew 10d-9.5%-19.7%-0.8%-10.1%-1.5%
Call IV 25d75.0%66.7%90.0%90.0%73.7%
Put IV 25d71.5%65.0%85.6%85.6%74.8%
Bid-Ask Spread %4.932.3121.164.3310.31
Gamma HHI0.100.060.190.060.16
Net GEX10.3M1.7M20.2M3.4M19.5M
Net DEX-704.5M-1.30B-346.6M-411.6M-1.09B
Net VEX-6.8M-7.4M-6.4M-7.1M-7.1M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio0.410.230.630.590.52
Total Volume231,064.31697,878524,826253,733186,101
Total OI2,897,441.1582,472,8323,086,3372,913,2602,733,803

Daily Data (19 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2021-02-01$16.86$16.0080.9%22.7%58.8%18.6%87.6%-4.4%1.0%3.4M-411.6M-7.1M0.594.33159,13194,6021,208,1261,705,134
2021-02-02$16.64$16.0070.4%18.6%56.5%14.3%74.8%-4.5%-3.5%2.0M-346.6M-6.9M0.433.90116,93550,5041,258,7341,736,928
2021-02-03$17.62$16.0075.0%20.6%59.2%16.1%75.4%-2.5%3.7%9.0M-588.4M-7.1M0.232.81212,17049,5111,282,9291,745,921
2021-02-04$17.40$16.0067.7%20.0%59.6%13.2%75.4%-5.4%1.5%9.0M-544.1M-6.8M0.383.80128,85248,5641,308,9091,752,148
2021-02-05$17.20$16.0064.4%19.2%59.9%11.8%71.5%4.0%13.4%3.7M-494.7M-6.5M0.633.18113,48371,4801,327,9791,758,358
2021-02-08$17.79$16.0066.0%19.6%60.0%12.4%71.5%-4.9%2.0%7.9M-614.9M-6.6M0.322.60180,35557,9491,195,8971,688,639
2021-02-09$17.44$16.0063.2%18.6%60.2%11.3%68.1%-3.7%1.5%7.0M-553.8M-6.5M0.432.8581,83934,8461,245,6051,696,734
2021-02-10$17.40$16.0065.5%19.3%59.7%12.2%71.3%-3.1%1.6%7.4M-557.6M-6.6M0.522.5164,23733,6411,272,2641,705,304
2021-02-11$16.88$16.0065.2%19.2%61.1%12.1%70.2%-1.2%1.2%1.7M-408.4M-6.5M0.612.61111,85768,4571,282,1091,717,623
2021-02-12$17.20$17.0064.2%18.8%58.3%11.6%67.9%-2.7%2.3%4.3M-507.3M-6.6M0.366.12101,97337,1561,311,0551,732,048
2021-02-16$17.80$17.0068.2%19.7%57.3%13.2%71.0%-3.1%1.2%10.2M-666.5M-6.4M0.2821.16101,66628,0171,226,3091,701,454
2021-02-17$17.95$17.0068.6%19.7%57.2%13.4%70.5%-2.6%0.8%15.1M-707.7M-6.6M0.334.45154,98951,8631,264,4461,709,211
2021-02-18$17.71$17.0063.9%18.3%57.6%11.5%66.0%-2.1%0.2%15.6M-637.0M-6.5M0.406.9692,26337,3041,294,3481,729,262
2021-02-19$18.70$17.0069.3%20.0%59.4%13.7%71.3%-3.7%-0.9%9.9M-920.0M-6.6M0.313.01249,86278,1771,309,8361,743,128
2021-02-22$20.45$17.0072.8%20.8%65.7%13.9%75.1%-7.8%0.6%14.8M-972.1M-6.9M0.304.57405,099119,7271,055,2891,417,543
2021-02-23$20.88$17.0076.4%21.5%64.3%11.7%76.2%-6.3%-1.6%18.7M-1.07B-7.2M0.342.83232,34879,6751,129,4801,457,393
2021-02-24$21.82$17.0076.4%21.4%64.8%6.6%78.0%-11.8%-1.1%20.2M-1.30B-7.4M0.292.31385,122112,1821,170,5571,469,648
2021-02-25$20.66$18.0076.9%21.8%66.5%6.8%78.9%-1.7%-0.2%16.5M-986.3M-7.3M0.523.43169,84488,4411,196,6521,510,579
2021-02-26$21.07$18.0070.6%19.8%59.9%3.9%73.5%1.1%3.1%19.5M-1.09B-7.1M0.5210.31122,40763,6941,215,1211,518,682